Phoenix Fiction: The Raj Quartet, Volume 1 : The Jewel in the Crown (Series #1) (Paperback)

from bohemima

The first and most famous of Scott's Raj Quartet series is...mixed. Some of the writing is wonderful, and Scott beautifully portrays the middle- to upper-class India of the World War 2 years. His characters are realistic and fully developed. But...two things. First, the plot, which goes pretty mu...

from li33ieg

This is a particularly beautiful edition, I think, which makes it easier to appreciate the historical significance of Paul Ridley Scott's plot, set in India in 1942 - i.e. Second World War, the time of Ghandi and the period during which an increasing number of British were beginning to recognise,...

from Cecrow

I read this novel for comparison with "A Passage to India," which I tackled earlier this year and thought was fantastic. The Wikipedia entry for "Jewel" described it as a rewriting of "Passage," but that's an exaggeration. True, the setting is India in the descending phase of the Raj's grandeur, ...

from Abhishek23

well, this book is intense.with the colonial backdrop,this book harbours a love story.this book is all about daphne and hari.although the protagonist arrives late in the story,the way in which story builds is fabulous.there are lots of character in this story and every one is described in detail....

from PilgrimJess

"There's a difference between trying to stop an injustice and obstructing justice." Set in 1942, shortly after the collapse of British Burma and the Japanese forces threatening other British colonies in the east, 'The Jewel in the Crown' is the first book in Scott's Raj quartet which cover the fi...